In today's episode, Natalie Roy of the C.R.E.A.T.E. Community joins me to talk about creativity, art, and yoga. Natalie is an actress, author and spiritual teacher. She's performed and taught all over the world on stage and screen. She’s also a 500-hour certified Yoga Teacher and a meditation teacher. Natalie brings together the practices and techniques of meditation, mindfulness and “learned optimism” with the artistic process. She co-founded C.R.E.A.T.E with her best friend Kristin Hanggi, a f...
Oct 08, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this episode, Wendy Newton and I discuss how practice informs teaching and life. You can catch Wendy Newton's new classes (and mine) at ISHTA Yoga and reach Wendy by contacting me at peterspodcast108@gmail.com Remember: Support Peter's Podcast on Patreon and keep us on the air! Find out more about Peter and the Podcast at peterferko.com...
Oct 01, 2018•45 min•Season 2Ep. 60
In this episode, I take you to meditation class where I touch on current news about men, women, and truth as a way into looking at our multi-perspective world. I include the meditation on Shiva consciousness, so you can join in! I mention a Kirtan I'm leading with IDGY DEAN on October 18. Here's the link for tickets . It's also a release party for our Kirtan EP recording, which we're mixing as I speak. Please come and chant! Support Peter's Podcast on Patreon dot com , so I can keep this content...
Sep 25, 2018•58 min•Season 2Ep. 59
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation and a Cliff Notes -style cheat sheet below in the notes. The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 7. I am also excerpting the Incarnation Cheat Sheet that lives on my website, below. You can find Incarnation , the book, at Amazon.com . [SPOILE...
Sep 24, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 58
In today’s episode, Wendy and I discuss self-study, or svadhyaya in Sanskrit. We look at it from the perspective of dealing with your own emotions in order to evolve — or to learn the lessons of your life that help you find real happiness. I mention a few goodies: Author Wayne Dyer , whose books have inspired millions Tommy Vietor’s interview with Jason Isbell on Pod Save America The C.R.E.A.T.E. podcast with Kristin Hanggi and Natalie Roy Alan Finger of ISHTA Yoga and the book he wrote with Wen...
Sep 17, 2018•56 min•Season 2Ep. 57
In today's episode, we head to ISHTA for a meditation class. The theme of the class is doing your practice, so I thought it would be a good encouragement for those of you who just listen to the podcast instead of practicing! Class includes a talk about the topic, a break where you can pause the recording and do some asana if it's convenient, then the guided meditation practice. There is an 18-minute space for meditation followed by a practice to bring inspiration back into your life. Please supp...
Sep 09, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 56
In today's episode, I reflect on my writing and how you can use your creativity to find answers. I mention an author whose name I can't remember. He is Ainslie MacLeod and his book is The Instruction Please support me on Patreon ! You can find my books on Amazon Sign up for my mailing list at peterferko.com...
Aug 30, 2018•52 min•Season 2Ep. 55
In this episode, I report from our retreat "Yoga and the Art of Living Creatively" in Normandy France. I discuss the eight limbs of yoga from the perspective of our work on retreat. Enjoy! Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon . Keep our podcast commercial free!
Aug 22, 2018•44 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In today's episode, I time travel back to June in Brooklyn to talk to Kristen Rae Stevens. Kristen Rae is a nationally certified Ayurvedic Practitioner. She lectures and teaches on various whole health subjects from the perspective of yoga, Ayurveda and somatic movement and contemplative practices and has maintained a private clientele for 15 years. In addition, she teaches Hatha Yoga from a Shadow Yoga perspective. For current offerings you can find her at www.somarae.com . Kristen and I dig de...
Aug 02, 2018•59 min•Season 2Ep. 53
This episode, I present what I hope is a good hodge-podge of thoughts, ideas, and interviews. I interview Kati Vainionkulma, who runs the studio Sanmaya in Seinäjoki, Finland. I interview Lotta Norberg in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Join me, Wendy, and Aino at Magnesia Yoga Festival! Enjoy! Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon , so I can keep this podcast ad-free!...
Jul 23, 2018•42 min•Season 2Ep. 52
In this episode, from Helsinki, yogiraj Wendy Newton and I shed some practical light on the two padas of the yoga sutras that are about what comes from your yoga practice: magic, ease, and the ability to know when someone's about to contact you! Join our France retreat: Yoga and the Art of Living Creatively. August 14-19. Details here . We're teaching in Finland! You can find out about our classes in Helsinki and about our workshops at the Magnesia Festival on the beautiful island of Lonna, a fe...
Jul 06, 2018•57 min•Season 2Ep. 51
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation and a Cliff Notes -style cheat sheet below in the notes. The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 6. I am also excerpting the Incarnation Cheat Sheet that lives on my website, below. You can find Incarnation , the book, at Amazon.com . [SPOILE...
Jul 02, 2018•26 min•Season 2Ep. 50
In this episode, Gina Menza and I discuss prenatal, restorative, meditation, and other yoga practice. Gina has taught yoga around the world. She designed the prenatal material used in both the ISHTA trainings as well as co- creating her own school, Anandamama Prenatal Yoga which holds annual, 85-hour, Yoga Alliance trainings in NYC. Support Peter's Podcast on Patreon ! Join our retreat to France, Yoga and the Art of Living Creatively . Check out Gina's upcoming workshop for prenatal students and...
Jun 27, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 49
In this episode, I discuss living creatively, and what Siddhartha got right, with Jenny Bloom. Jenny Bloom is an eternal creative and all her work is born from that seed. She is a senior teacher at ISHTA yoga. She teaches yoga privately, mentors, and is building her Polarity Therapy practice. She does Strategic Brand Consultations in New York City. To reach her, email jenny@superbloom.nyc Come to France! Be a part of our retreat, "Yoga and the Art of Living Creatively." See peterferko.com/France...
Jun 19, 2018•53 min•Season 2Ep. 48
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation and a Cliff Notes -style cheat sheet below in the notes. The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 5. I am also excerpting the Incarnation Cheat Sheet that lives on my website, below. You can find Incarnation , the book, at Amazon.com . [SPOILE...
Jun 12, 2018•26 min•Season 2Ep. 47
In today's episode, I have a wide-ranging conversation with my colleague Douglass Stewart . Douglass has been teaching yoga since 2001. He is the co-founder of Yoga in Times Square , celebrating the Summer Solstice by uniting the community of yoga enthusiasts across the country. He has received the Community Center Service Award for volunteering his yoga classes at the Lesbian and Gay Community Center. He is inspired by the notion that if peace is our goal, then it is also the means. Douglass is...
Jun 07, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 46
All about Kriya yoga in several forms, plus a meditation. Come to France with us this summer: peterferko.com/France2018 Details about everything that's happening are on peterferko.com Please support me on Patreon.com and keep Peter's Podcast commercial free!
May 31, 2018•45 min•Season 2Ep. 45
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation and a Cliff Notes -style cheat sheet below in the notes. The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 4. I am also excerpting the Incarnation Cheat Sheet that lives on my website, below. You can find Incarnation , the book, at Amazon.com . [SPOILE...
May 30, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 44
In this episode, Wendy and I discuss how meditation helps you deal with your big patterns. We talk about samskaras , or the major issues you come into life facing. We manage to connect city living and spiritual evolution in this wide-ranging chat. Details about what's happening are on peterferko.com Come to France with us this summer: peterferko.com/France2018 Support me on Patreon.com . Ask me questions there that you'd like me to address on the podcast!...
May 21, 2018•44 min•Season 2Ep. 43
In this episode, you can sample my meditation class. There's an introductory lecture followed by a guided meditation with 10 minutes of silent meditation. Enjoy! See peterferko.com for all things going on! Support peter's Podcast on Patreon .
May 16, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 42
In today's episode, I address some topics that have been raised over the past weeks while I've been moving from Freeport to Brooklyn. I discuss the Yamas and Niyamas and lots of good stuff about the meaning of life! Find out about my retreat to France and more at peterferko.com I mention the Create podcast, by Kristin Hanggi and Natalie Roy. Please fund me on Patreon , so I don't need to bore you with ads....
May 11, 2018•43 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Today I have a treat for myself and a lot of New York yogis. I got to speak with my former trainee and substitute teacher of choice, Rebecca Oliveira. Rebecca is a Mom, a beloved yoga teacher, and a weaver newly living in New Mexico. Rebecca taught and practiced at ISHTA Yoga and Hosh Yoga and designed fabric for Calvin Klein while living in New York. She headed out West in 2016 and is now living in Albuquerque. We talk about her return to yoga practice and teaching after having a baby, and abou...
Apr 20, 2018•53 min•Season 2Ep. 40
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation and cheat sheet below in the notes . The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 3. I am also excerpting the Incarnation Cheat Sheet that lives on my website below. You can find the whole book at Amazon.com . Cheat Sheet Excerpt: [SPOILER ALERT!]...
Apr 18, 2018•29 min•Season 2Ep. 39
On today’s podcast, I get to talk with one of my favorite guests, Jenny Bloom , an ISHTA yoga teacher and strategic brand consultant. Jenny and I tackle the challenge of dealing with the daily news and living in the yoga way. Then I take you to meditation class. I share my lecture about how to find happiness by understanding the power of intention, the power of vibration, and the power of love. Then, in case you’d like to join in the meditation, I include the practice I discuss in the lecture. E...
Apr 09, 2018•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 38
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation . The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 2. (It has a special guest appearance by Mica.) You can find the whole book at Amazon.com and a cheat sheet about the book on my website . Book and audio © 2016–2018 Peter Ferko...
Apr 01, 2018•16 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Wendy Newton and I talk about what it means to have yoga off the mat. We discuss the parts of a yoga practice, and some of the techniques that help make for "miracles" emerge from your practice. We're going to be covering much more about this in our retreat in France this summer. You can come! See peterferko.com for details. We're also teaching a 200-hr teacher training in Finland. Details on ISHTA's site. Rate the podcast wherever you listen or on iTunes. You can now listen to Peter's Podcast o...
Mar 23, 2018•49 min•Season 2Ep. 36
This bonus is an excerpt from my novel, Incarnation . The book follows a journalist, an actor, a writer, and a programmer whose dreams and desires play out together on the global stage, again and again. Each time, they find meaning as they spin on life's mysterious wheel of fortune. This is excerpt 1. You can find the whole book at Amazon.com and a cheat sheet about the book on my website . Book and audio © 2016–2018 Peter Ferko...
Mar 11, 2018•15 min•Season 2Ep. 35
In this episode, I talk with Roque Rodriguez, co-founder of Suryaside Yoga in Sunnyside, Queens. We talk about Roque's yoga story, his studio, and some other yoga and creative projects he has underway. Roque has an inspiring story and is a model for people looking to combine yoga and entrepreneurship. We mention: I Can Breathe Yoga Live Now! Entertainment Breath of Life Yoga Teacher Training Liberation Prison Yoga Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon.com . (That's how this is all possible!)...
Mar 11, 2018•55 min•Season 2Ep. 34
In today's episode, I talk with Jen Vagios . Jen has been playing instruments and singing her entire life. She is a 500 hour ISHTA yoga teacher, holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia in Applied Physiology & Nutrition, orchestrates Sound Bath Experiences, gathers unicorns and spreads joy. As an expert in the field of health and wellness for over 15 years, Jen nourishes her students hearts, minds and ears while teaching yoga throughout Westchester County, NY. Jen assisted my class during her t...
Mar 02, 2018•57 min•Season 2Ep. 33
In today’s episode, we go live to ISHTA Yoga where I interview my colleague and friend, Mona Anand. Mona is a fellow Yogiraj in the ISHTA lineage and the co-owner of ISHTA Yoga. She is a Senior trainer with me in ISHTA teacher trainings. Mona devotes a significant portion of her time to yoga nidra and restorative yoga. She is the co-Founder of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra, a 9-step system of Yoga Nidra that she developed with Alan Finger. She also developed a restorative yoga training with Gina...
Feb 22, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 32
